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1 114/ i NUMiER 51-14.1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, • WEDNESJIW, MARCH 3. Their Lordships finished hearing the arguments; Of Cuquici in 'the "Appeal Cause from Ireland, of 11 "acit U. Morgan.---Judgment deferred until Mon-. .. (lay next. , ....;. ADULT,ERY.. • t On the Order of. the Day being read for the third reading of Brogravtes DivOrce Bill, it was dis ci3Overed, 'that it contained some clause unusual in - iiiiis , of that description ; whereupon 'the considera.; tionof the B' 11, and of this claiise, was • postponed to Nionday next. .. • Ltird AUCKLAND took this citation of observing the increasing prevalence . o r. •ddultery, Which he deeply lamented, to exist infinitely. more than their .. Lordship's were aware 'of; as but a very small part of tlleie kind of eases. Caine within the cognizance of Oe . ' - ionse ;- the poverty'of many individuals suffer ils . wadi' •ths:.• 'ealarrtity, preventing them.tion! niak ing th•it'appeal to their Lordships, tv!ech only could atford them any relief. He did not mean to submit any motion on the stabled ; but he trusted that he should speedily see the day *berrithe'Legi-: m a t ur e. would constitute it a crime, and punish it as such accordingly. , Punic PAPF.A. • - ' • • tind CAMDEN pres(lited several ' PaPers r CoPies Of Dispatches trout our Contmanders in Spain and Portugal. • " The Duke at NottroLK was desirous of kno‘Vin o ; - ; 'vhether these were all the Papers that Mioistets meant to pro‘loce ? Lord CA 1I answered, that all bearing on the iubjed of the Motion, that Wore re.idv, were: tlielf produced, and the remaiiider would be readyin toe course of 'the ensuing week. The DuVe.‘cif NURFOCt replied, as he,'6)tk ) led that the residue' would he 'Ltid on the 'tablii'lli c itf4 - course of the enAutng week, 116 sliould lor the root 10;•behr any . thmarks, in Ihe hope that tt.eir prOdite= lion would fender any remark needless. . • • ' •'' - They ivere'ordered to be printed; aild'ilWii i Lord:. ~, . , ships adjourned. er Di > ~„: HOUSE OF C0.1.0104V5. • ' WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8. •";.‘, ••14i*. BANKES observed, that a person. of the name of Francis Sharman, wat‘in custody of the Lk/lei-Oral of the Marshalsea, stud was a person capable ot giv ing evidence before the i'mst India Select Coin unttee, he therefore tuoved, that be be brought • tP for that purpo s e toamorroW, which motion was agre e d to. Vaexhall Bridge Bill was Ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. .Wag, brought up the cor respondence betwotta the War Ot' ce and Brigadier- General Pretich, which was laid on the table. Mr.:WILAItToII brought up the report of the Mu tiny bill, which was agreed to, and ordered to be read time on Friday. • A . ll*. WHARTON brought in the Irish Additional Malt Duty Bill, which was read a first. time, and ordered to be read a seconcilime to-morrow. The Bill for permitting the exportation, of Rum and other Spirits from Berniudp, tree of Duty, was read a first time, and was ordered to-be read a second time tb.-mor tow. Lori' CASVLIBRE&GH. presented the get umsof the the t o Army of Spain and Portugal ; which w e re laid on ble. Lord' FOLKSTON& moved that the evidence of the _Committee appointed to consider of the conclud of the Duke of York, be taken into further considera tion on. Monday senntgby. ,• CALL OF THE HOUSE. Lord FOLKSTON& moved, that the House be called . Over to-morrow. 14r. RERESFORD was against the Call hanging over the heads of the Members, particularly as many Gentlemen were under the necessity of attending the Assizes. Mr. Sanwa I.&FIEVRE considered the necessity of a Member attending his duty in .Parliament, and therefore was of opinion, that on a question which ao much interested the public, as that which stood for discussion this evening, Call of the House should take place. The CH ANCELLOX of the EXCHEQUER was of opi nion that the call should be made as effectual as possible, and therefore approved of the • , motion of the Noble Lord, because he wished that it might not remain as a• dead letter. How very Inconvenient it may be, yet the duly of attending in 'Parliament was, as had been justly remarked, - para . Mount to all others. He hoped the House, on the 'stinjeti which was to be discussed this night, would not suffer the opinion of persons out of • tile House, or in the Country, to have any weight with therein their decisions as to the line of conduct they -ought 1 0 pursue, , and that no threat would influent .e the • House, particularly•on a- judicial , inquiry; If the , House meant to maintain its own dignity, it would not suffer such menaces to have any effect whatever. At Members had particular business, they. would ,0:13V," the usual indulgence, but in a gi. , neral'point of 'view, the artetdance on-the Assizes..WilS no' excuse. He was for keeping alive the (:all until the question} *US disposed of, and • however Justified he may be, . he would not calf the Attention• further to what, he 'thought • very: unwarrantable proceeding s in other 'loaners; because if he did call their attention to the ibbjea alluded to,_ ii must be to bringdown the pu. 'llitihrneut of the House upon -the parties. Ctittwatt coincided- -with the . Right Hen. Gbfttrcellor andirusted that the' Censure of •threats without deors would remind some Hon. Gentlemen vaithin, that all raenaces' to deter Members of Narita ! aSibeireislactittue.littated, item otent- Irani yolk% t> tiiallp impr (Vet. • ' UR SD A 1; Aliacti 9, 1809. The motion was then agreed to without a division. '.IIIE DUKE OF YORK. On.the motion of Mr. WARDLE, the Order of the Day, for taking into further consideration the Evidence respeaing the condua oC his Royal High eess the Duke of York, was read. . Mr. Waimea : began by stating the motives which had induced tritn4o bring forward the Charges he' • bad alleged against the Commander in Chief; self. interest, or airy sinister motives, he utterly claimed, and had .undertaken the arduous task, • pelled solely by a sense of 'the duty he, owed to his country. If in any instance .he bad done what was wrong, he was sorry for it, as his intentions bad been ueitormly good. Though he might. have felt at the commencement ofe his business, as if he was treated with undue harshorase he would: now pass , all those feeliegs over in consideration ot the favours and at , tentions for whichihe was iedehted to many Gentle men, and to his.Majesty'a Ministers. He had to express his thanks to the latter, for their readiness to afford him time and rest when worn out.by exertions. He had to thank them tor tiitlitit' tar from taking advantage of his little knowledge and. inexperience, ' theyfhad given , hint all the assistance in their power .tobring the matter fairly:before the tribunal.whiell was to decide upon it. These in dulgencies were more: than .ever,accepiable to him, aioce . early in the e busieess he had the mistertune, fitcAt ill kohl), to lose,the aid of 'a worthy Baronet (Sir Francis. Burdett), which. would have been of great advautage to bite ,in prosecuting ,his object. He had also.ter return -his grateitil acknowledgments to his Noble Friend (leord:Fulkstone), who, a t the egeyenannepeilien nothing was talked of but the eslisup..aod e diagraee he ,had to eecounter,. for pretere ring these aceusetions against. the Duke ot York e at that,very 4noinent stepped forward to. sharewith hint that udiunreed that ignominy. There was another thing at which .he rejoiced:. extremely, and .that was the very ableirnefiner in which the cause of the Duke of York had bon supported. Hiralajesty'a:Minis 'era had. 004,14 it their duty to undertake his de fence, and , ie would i he. pleasant to A - elici t :l, that no. thing more than whet load been , 'done, • could have been dune,tor him. Still, however, wail all :the Fork, teat it wa s right to give to 'the Duke of York, the Represereativea of the people. were to re collect that they owed a paramount duty to the pros ple. On the szreegtli and jb.pice of ,his cause he had, rested it, on the s e .he WO:rested - it, and. on these print:Vies he trusted it svesaktiee decided... • XXCHANGE BETWEEN Yiel4t/T.•COLONELS AO) taiooxs. ' The first case to which he had to call theatteetlea of 'the Houife Wai the El . ;cliango between Celotiela Knight mid Biooke, the necessary evidence in whiCe he would, briefly run over. Dr. Thyme!' stat e d his being empowered by Mr. R. linigh f 6 oiler Mrs. 'Clarke 100 i; Lott the use of her to logic ',inn the 'Commander in Chief le eseedire this exchange, and that lei'aaually Made this otter to Mrs, Ctarfw, giving her the names of the pettier. on a slip of 'pa s per Ilk that - purpose.' Mr. It. Knight - corrob44l this statement, and added,, that the 200 i. was paid' on the exchange appearing in the Gazette. And Mrs. Clarke's evidence prove besides Corro borating the, testimony,of these two wiinessea e that 'she had made a communication on the subjea, and given hten the slip of paper with the names upon it. From the united 'testimony of these witnesses, thought it muse be agreed that 2091. was. offered to Mrs. Clarke for her influence,' and paid to her in consequence of a belief in tire parties, that it was beneficially exerted. The next consideration_ '" Did stie• make .this communication to the Duke of York ?" ' Mrs. Clarke stated, that she gave him the slip of paper 'with the names mentioned .by Dr. Thynne, which' was a strong corroboration of the fad. These minute statements, he had to 'ohm - % e, 'were unnecessary for any 'purpose the witness might be supposed to entertain, and needed not have been -brought forivard unless she had perfealy recollected them. A general statement would bile suited much better, without exposing her to be involved in con tradidion, by cross-examination. Mrs. Clarke also Stated, that the Duke. of Yorke replied' to her pro poi4tions in tavour of these Geetletnen, that they had lOng been try ii and that roe Of theM was rather a bad subject Both the'se circumstances, were proven by the case. That . they 'had been long applyii.g, appeared Inert 'the official documents, and that Col. Brooke was a had subject, was clear from the evi dence of Cul. Gatdon.—l le had served twelve years,' of 4116 lee - had been a Carnet of Dragoons only frier months,' 'arid ievt u years "iipOn ha l l - P 4 Y' This suflicieet to make the Duke of Z: ark third( him enqualdied to command a regiMent of cavahy, and: Without - strong vetrsons 11'e 'net et could have acceded to' such It'relitiest. - The account given by Mrs. 'Clarke Tof , ' - the nttker of York's goihg but of town, was corroborated by Colonel Gordon. At this time she stated it was, that 'she thought the . Ina note was changed by his ' Royal ' Highness's servant. Pierson, her 'butler states, that he feeeived it the night before his Royal Higlme,s left town, in his presence, and get it changed, at Bridgeinan's. Bridgereert states,Atiar Pierson offered a large Note to her to' he changed, but that she could not do it. In 'reeentrersation that Pierscin had, he states, that he procured change at Stevens's, its Bondeereet. He (Mr. Wattliel admitted, that this statement was confused, and ' would'hot have considered it.wor thy'of weight or attention, but for the testimony.of Mrs.. Clarke, that a Note Wig - sent out fur chaege ; and of Mrseßridgernarr, that a note was lettered to her for that purpose. Mrs. Clarke, on being asked as to the time which elapsed Oetweeri the appliCa .of Dr. Thynee, and the gazetting tlite ex. thane; says, she cannot tell but that she *knows the time of the year. 'Dr. Thynne and Mr. Knight state the period to have been abOut three ereeisa, and Ur. Koi4kit wrr he wont for Ow Gazette three Crites In the whole. There was cer- claims stated for him le this distialion in his Aeolis . tainly some difference between these witnesses and , was, his unexceptioeable- condutit Melte Office of Mrs. Clerke . upon this point, but there could be no the Commander in Chief. Was this sufficient to objet in :view on either side. It was clear that a recommend him over.men.equally Gentlemen, who fortnight or three weeks elapsed alter the applica- bad bled for their country, and were older in! the tion ; and that she used her influence with the Duke service than he was ? He wished tolitow: if it was of York immediately after that application, ,could not blameable, if not corrupt, in the Commander in not be doubled, when it was recollected that money Chief, to give him this extraordinary promotion for on her side, and' - dispatch on theirs, was all that r the reasons assigned. There was also another Capt, was wanted. Mr. R. Knight and Mrs. Clarke were Mating in the Duke of York's Office, represented as at variance ,as to whether they ever wished the trans- equally assiduous, attentive end valteihlein his fetus anion to be kept secret from the Duke of York.— t alien, who it did not appear ever joined any regi- If she had expressed such a wish, it would have ment, Col. Gordon had recommended-him to the been to tell Mr. Knight at once that she swindled Duke of York to be put upon half-pse. He hid :sot him out of two hundred pounds, For he was to a company over the heads of many a good officer, swindled if she had nit used her influence with the without service, and what then was his ti:le to ine Doke of York to promote his purpose;,- and it she duce Col. Gordon to give hiln this recommendation? : had used her influence; the Duke of' York could By an Ad of Parliament, which he had never head not be ignorant of the mattee• , and it, wss folly to was repealed, no o ffi cer could be placed on half* deiire that to be kept secret" fr oth a Person which pay, unless he had joined his regiment, and been, they alteady were acquainted with. That his lioyal in services; and thus recommending Captain• Male Alp/less was acquainted with these arid ing to the half-pay, was still worse than InOir• could• not : he denied; since it was ing lion a Captain. No man was less disposed thao -ierasea; by 1:413 Wh t tic - 111 estifitikeo Mrs- he was to restrain the Commander in Cniel from he Thavirig the paver to.,.tewepl merit, but tint prtwct Angel, in thilikinr,thar ''Shy L ew are to ought to be oeferred, for wherever it Was not, gross be' raised ; it is not only •Liecond battalions abuses and malpractices would prevail. The army to the existing cptps ; you Baer bettor; - therefore, l might be gratified by „seeing splendid ateions, or tal'hirA so, and, thai :jou wire sore tliere would be great services rewarded, b% their .performers being AO use in applying' toe bine" Froin the , tenor 'of ',mover the' heads of those before them, but they this letter it was clear, that it wa"s welieuriderstood never could endure to see thie Acme for periods froht poiitt, (ha , the name of the Coinin , inil,!r :in Chief the office ofColonel Gordon: ' The Case of Coloo e l• • was not to be Met!lioned on these occasions.' You • Gordon hiMself was a 'proof- of three abuses. Het' . are to' fell him, but no Doke Of York is to be services Might have desersed a reweid, but he'ielnee t e Mentioned—you need not apply. To not go so fares' to say, he otight•th have been r e .. argue;affer Lion the Duke at York did not warded at 'the expence s end `to the injury of several' know of thtee traasaaions, seemed to hits alto- hundred 'deisrvMg O ffi cers. , He would eat goekt" tim getherencpreheesitee w : :It as unnecessary 'to go fir as. ereiyethat heoughtes have viten rcgimtr,t iri• further into the evidnce on this arse, and be would t preference :to numeroce. Brigadier' General,,' proceed' to the written' docuieents upon the nets, and senior Lieutenaot•Colonele. He did not e The appeesteee'efqeerinitting exchange think he de44e . &sti .. nitieh;'tinalnime that Gentle was sent in on the i4t:' iO5, and' marked in man had had time - to reflek on these in:titers, 'they pencil mark " cantle( acceded • to, Royal would set in these thing's a great' abuse of a posed Highness does nut appr* of the KClexchange pro which ought not to Ist vested Commander - in' pos d and Under the' of, Nett July, another Chief whatever.. • • - memorandum in,peticil inks appears on the same * COtObiltt paper, His llopil'llighni,ss Lives now approve of The next ease to' which he Called their serious thst cxchangees Coe Gerden in his ex e mivation Lion. was the very strong one sof •Colonel Rencl4 stated, that the firlit'meniorandum meant Ito mote Levy. The first witness- iii t h e case was Captains than that the exchanie was 0' be stopped till inquiry fluxley • Sanden, whose evideece went t o spew tit i could uld be made dt3 the, eisbjett On' further he had an interest in the levy, and appliM n) Mrs. 'nation he stales; that if 'the' Metier was to be con- Clarke- to use her-interest with the CoMmander in idered •it might be marked so; or very . psObably Chief, not only for the original letter est service, bet st cannot be acceded to." • This might be understood foe' many faVourable alterations in it, dUring t her atehe Horse Guards by Col, Gordon,' Who *wrote it, progress of many months. He then stilted refr, bet he denied that it carried elle saute meaning to any Corri's evidence, that he received 2001. for the in= other person. That words implying a refusal were troduaion of the parties to Mrs. Clarke; and - that The same as those denote% that- consideration was he told Sanden, Mrs. Clarke said she would recta:nes required, might be the custom at the Horse.- Guards, mend no one but persons of charaaer, wheat busi. but he was -sure Would be thought videly diflereet nets might go through the War-O ffi ce like others. .alt 'over the kingdom, .ef , His Loyal Highness does ' Dowler's evidence was the next, who remonstrated -rue woitetr anyone ciyttrat•litirs - eould witlV , Mrs. Clarke far engeging mach affairs, and :mean lie would egu ie , ,,i og r ott y •t o be - ' made, since it wag answered by her, that she 'did see art account of ,Bust be thought that his RoyelsHighneeewouldoeie the Duke of York being distressed for money. Grant, •eherapprove nor' disapproie such inquiry was , the agent for the Levy, spok e to t h e •f a el of .French made. He-considered the. first tneinoranduro , as' a wishing to procure a loan of 500 W. f or th e D uke direet and positive 'negative, and as such lemma ap- of York. Mrs. Clarke, to the ne goc i at i o n f ar her pear Ate- every one who considered the meaning of I influence, and her receiving the money. Miss T ay . the words, :The next document he had to notice 4 tor, to the conversation efte was , present' at when hit was the uppliCatioa sof Ms% linskisson for his bro- &Val Highness asked Mrs: Clarke' how , French b e : Cher, the anseeerte whiesewas, wet the exclianee hayed to her; Src. and Dockery to the payment . OF with Breyer Lieutenant Colottel Keight, sth Dra- i 500 i. for plate, to Birkett and Co.' From all these ;soon Guards. - hat' alreadystesen7detertnined on, in corroborating' circumstances, it omit in' his opinion layout* Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Bedoke, whose be gr e nte d, that a fee was offered to Kra. Clarke; -se-vices his:•Royal-klighness was .of opinion coved, accepted and paid in consequence of the' parties s e a not but be :favourably considered," ete. He had lieving she had performed 'them it:service by means elgain to remind them -vim Colonel Brooke's stir-' i of her influence with the Commander in Chief: .oces,wereto reconimerid him to this consideration The next point to bp considered was, whether Mrs. twelve years- in the arnays 7 of; which were on half- Clarke possessed the influence ascribed 'to her, and ,pay, and this was the very ,reasbn-assigned , by COl. used it in this instance. Mr.• Grant, Dowler, and ,Gurdou as the gioureisior stopping theeichange for Sandee agreed on this point, and Mrs. :Clarke a considerable tinsee Ttrisse services were known to e stated, that she gave the notes- she received-ftom be the..same then as they were now, when his Royal Colonel Trench to the Duke of York. For menthe Highness said they must be favourably considesed. they were in the habit of-sending her'money him the .WhaecoulcL create sogreat a distintlion Col.•Gor- favours the procured for them, from' 'which it •wee don could riot =Oleo. what accounts he bed obtain- clear that she possessed this influence, and used it ed his. inquiries into Col. Brooke's service, nor. in their behalf. . Here he' had: to call .1 he intention from whom he got any . intelligence on diet head, of the House to Mrs. ClarkestilenerS to Capt. Sondt'n'. which roust appear a little extraordinary to Gentle- The first letter, deserving of Mat ice was that in which men when they recolleeled the minutia which, at - 1 Mrs. Clarke tells Sanden, she had presented the such a distance of time, appeared to be quite familiar . ' papers to the Duke of York, who would comply s its tobisluentory. • What was it,- he would ask, that his request, and tellinghine to call: at the War. made an Officer eligible to.command • a regiment at -Office, for answei. From this it appeared, tress cavalry. Ho mete, by the regulations of-the Duke Mrs. Clarke knew from the Duke of York, What of York hituaelf, have served six years in the 'cavalry. I was to be, done -in m t -the O ffi ce, and seethed as well Gol. Brooke had only served-, fi ve years in all, de- aware that the official Course' was tobeittorttled to, &ding the seven which be Was on balfspay.—. eas Colonel 'Gordon himself. Letter=3l - St; I• hope Tee, wilitated itrongly against the 'proof adduced e v e wilt attend the Dukei.o-day, as Clinton leave', this case. for his. R o y a l . Highness. Stich a ciroum- t him on 'e'huraday, and he has 'all ewer writings its itencte . as : the appointment of Cot. Brooke tote a , haud : he will not leave his Office till six." Pram Cavalry Field Officer might have happened' without this the' Hon. Gentleinae contended it VAS t;le it I s is knowledge, but here his. set.% 'eel!. had been ex- tlint Nine Clarke had adir of ` York oter erwie h aw e ;!eatio sus ei t preSily inquired into. Col. Gordon iirgued, if he the Office through the Duke might apply that words-• that Col' Brooke was fit for could she tell what Gen. Clinton Was:doings Letter the rank. He did not'deny that heinight be 3 . me. 39, stating that t• an answer was •left tett ht the 01 . - reurioua and deserving Officer, , but 'how could Col. lice tOr Col. French, and that now he bad dropped Gordon know that he-would wake- an admirable at- t three guineas per man," could illeative been ktroWn fiver, at the time; he ventured uerecommeue him to i to Mrs.,Clarke but through tisteCtihiMeeder the Commander in Chief, &ever tic-did so ?. He-now letter-- lt, Mrs. Clarke • informs &mien, - that he turned to the point troin• whence , he set out, 4%d .wile e , to leave the bounty that Pitt is to give to ti n t thotht it- impossible to come many other cunelu- which'- she could- .not . Lee been. informed of con than 'the -048 he had laid-down. He would, but by the Conanander in Chief.. 'ln Letter eight, •thetelnre, nor trespass arty further on.the Huuee ;he :Maintained she appeared at a direet agent for the tins pert of his charge.. • s e : Dtike OLYeeek, telling 'S,indeiirth.got on tester with ! hissmeteezehd to " send' her" &content, of the • - CAPTAIN MAt r ING, %matt: rittrabet 'WI% in' order. to shaviellern to the The next case hi to o hat of Capt. Commtlederin On to; thc tkn. .Gontlenhon o b served, it" Was very eatotei tot ki • attli it . was found his chair Woa!d. atUC,I tiiis , . - stance, he'had tc, Bice it oes and it v\ ( s e ark'es ue Sup pose th her,' and at Mr. t he sate Sanden_ the Opera atfcitiainted. w ith her, wOttld t, lis c.I: e,'' there wall am le ' I Est>►t 'hoe crti,utc'.-v-- b.y tM mg it to only at the -desire of thetoMmiltee h went on. - Yet thetigh there were' eata .PVleel;. of ill ittyai ire tlEsat her had " Pertr 4 Ps ohlige hire - to liigl.seniers were reetlYster pnrehsseslit tf i e thOevY';' :which wen, id be injurieue t o s e e e'rties Wetter six, he - obee tit wee. -allowed them e herids, sad a . . .. , I ' l2- w 4? r' s <4 • • ' . • •• • ' 'V M R1 1 11 . ; . 7 3F 1, . . ' 0 i S 4, , ,, . ri li .. , ik .... . , . , de . 0, N „.. ~,.....4.....,4, ..„„...,. . . .„.,..,„,_ .........„:„ - • .. - ~,- 1. * ' 4: ' • -. V j .... ' ..:t' ar -4154:4 9 /..! -,i, . 1 MO ' \ Z - - 4 , ' , .-- - - .f `.. 4 • . 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